Rick Wakeman with Ozzy Osbourne - Return to the Centre of the Earth [180 Gram Double Album]

Format: 180 Gram Double Album
Catalogue No.: MFWN2LP
Barcode: 825646287994
Release Date: Jul 2025
Genre: Rock

Number of units: 100

Other guests include
Patrick Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, Justin Heyward, Trevor Rabin and Kartina Leskanich

Return to the Centre of the Earth is a studio album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman. It was released on 15 March 1999 on EMI Classics and is the sequel to his 1974 concept album Journey to the Centre of the Earth, itself based on the same-titled science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It tells a new story of three unnamed travelers who attempt to follow the original journey 200 years later, but from a different entrance. It is narrated by actor Patrick Stewart. Ideas for a sequel developed in 1991 with initial plans for a 1994 release, the twentieth anniversary of the original. After Wakeman produced a demo tape of songs, he caught the interest of EMI Classics who signed him to a recording deal and supplied an advance to record it. The album features the London Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Choir, and guest performances by Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Tyler, Tony Mitchell, Trevor Rabin, Justin Hayward, and Katrina Leskanich. In 1998, production halted after Wakeman was hospitalised with a life-threatening case of pneumonia and pleurisy. The album was Wakeman's most significant album of the decade and peaked at No. 34 on the UK Albums Chart, his first UK Top 40 hit in 18 years, but failed to make a commercial impact in the US. Wakeman performed the album in its entirety with his rock band, orchestra, and choir, in 2001 and 2006, both times in Canada. 

A1        A Vision    2:29
A2        The Return Overture    2:40
Mother Earth    (3:47)
A3a        The Shadow Of June    
A3b        The Gallery    
A3c        The Avenue Of Prismed Light    
A3d        The Earthquake    
A4        Buried Alive
Vocals – Ozzy Osbourne
A5        The Enigma    1:30
A6        Is Anybody There?
Vocals – Bonnie Tyler
B1        The Ravine    0:47
B2        The Dance Of A Thousand Lights    5:38
B3        The Shepherd    2:09
B4        Mr. Slow
Vocals – Tony Mitchell (2)
B5        Bridge Of Time    1:13
B6        Never Is A Long, Long Time
Vocals, Guitar – Trevor Rabin
Tales From The Lidenbrook Sea    (3:03)
C1a        River Of Hope    
C1b        Hunter And Hunted    
C1c        Fight For Life    
C2        The Kill    5:22
C3        Timeless History    1:13
C4        Still Waters (Run Deep)
Vocals – Justin Hayward
Time Within Time    (3:08)
D1a        The Ebbing Tide    
D1b        The Electric Storm    
D2        Ride Of Your Life
Vocals – Katrina Leskanich
Floating    (1:55)
D3a        Globes Of Fire    
D3b        Cascades Of Fear    
D4        Floodflames    2:14
The Volcano    (1:55)
D5a        Tongues Of Fire    
D5b        The Blue Mountains    
D6        The End Of The Return    5:20